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Social Media in the Library: 4 Top Ways to Promote Digital Literacy

EdTechTeam

The importance of media literacy cannot be understated. Nor can the value of social media as a teaching, learning, and publishing tool. Two principles inform why I engage with my students around social media: Digital literacy doesn’t just naturally develop any more than print literacy does, and.

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Creating Libraries for Online Students Is Harder Than You Think.

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The Association of College & Research Libraries maintains in its “access entitlement principle,” which functions as a sort of library bill of rights, that all students of an institution of higher education “are entitled to the library services and resources of that institution,” including access to a librarian, regardless of location.

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5 Creative Ways to Connect Young Adults to Reading

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Librarian Karen Scott challenges us with some non-traditional practices to get kids interested in reading including organizing her library by genre and using social media and graphics to inspire a love of reading.

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Announcing the Library 2.0 Fall Mini-Conference - "EDI 2.0: Individual Responsibility for Creating Belonging and Connection in the Library Profession"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our third Library 2.023 mini-conference: " EDI 2.0: Individual Responsibility for Creating Belonging and Connection in the Library Profession ," will be held online (and for free) on Thursday, November 9th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. Please also join the Library 2.0 Our special conference chair is Julius C.

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Students Turn to TikTok for Study Buddies

Edsurge

I think of social media as sugar,” she says. She started the practice during COVID-19 lockdowns, when she couldn’t get to a library or coffee shop to work among other people as she had done in the past. But doesn’t doing a live broadcast to anyone online cause more distractions than benefit? “I I’m an extrovert,” she says.

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Tuesday's "Mental Health and Wellness" for Library Workers - Schedule Announced!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Our Library 2.023 mini-conference, " Mental Health and Wellness: Library Workers Thriving in Uncertain Times ," is this coming Tuesday, April 4th, 2023, from 12:00 - 3:00 pm US-Pacific Time. OVERVIEW: Libraries have the power to help transform lives, both for staff and patrons, through efforts that promote mental health and wellness.

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Teens Now Turn to TikTok More Than Google — But Not for Schoolwork

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Translated, it means that the video-based social media platform is biting into the search engine’s popularity. That makes it second only to YouTube in social media popularity. Whoever shows up on your For You page seems like your friend,” she says, referring to TikTok’s recommended content for each user. “I

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